so it's official

so it's official ... i am a florida state university alum! graduation was yesterday and it was beautiful. it couldn't have been anymore perfect. my family was unbelievable. they were so supportive throughout the entire 4 years and they continue now to be there for me through thick and thin. ... especially since i start grad school classes on January 4th. 


i still have to go retake the GRE... hopefully third time is a charm. tomorrow i am MAKING myself get up and go somewhere to study. maybe borders or barnes and nobles.... panera? who knows. i need to get cracking and really FIGHT for what i want. 


i think the last 2 times i took it my heart and my mind were not on the same page. i wanted a good score for all the right reasons..... to prove to others i could do it, to prove that i was worth my current job position, etc. but now it's for me. i know i need this good score so I CAN ACHIEVE the dream that GOD has sent out for me. 


there's a lot of messages that GOD has been sending me over the past LONG year. 
1. To take care of myself. I've let myself go because "i don't care" but in fact I do care and feeling comfortable in my own skin is extremely important. 
2. To read more. I've been putting off reading these 4 books that I should have completed years ago. 
3. To cook more. I have been frivolously spending money on food for the past 2 years when I am completely capable of cooking meals and I actually think about the food I could have cooked when I am eating food that isn't good for me. 
4. To journal more. I need to pick up a pen and paper and just write everything down. 
5. TO ENGULF MYSELF IN GODS WORD DAILY. Everyday before I lay my head to sleep I think about the things I didn't accomplish that day. The first thing I think about is not reading my bible and watching Law and Order: SVU instead. I know I shouldn't put it off any longer, but come JANUARY 1ST my AMAZING church (thefellowshipofthehills.org) will be starting a Radical Experiment including reading through the bible in one year. This is exactly the motivation I needed. 


There are a lot of things I should have accomplished by now. But this is the time to step it up. I complain about Mark Sanchez, THE HOTTEST JETS QUARTERBACK, being a pansy and not meeting his full potential ... but I am wasting time as well. I have this attainable vision of who I could be and i am ABSOLUTELY in love with it. I just need to put on my big girl shoes and follow through. This winter break will be my chance to get everything in order. .... for once I am going to follow through, because I have a MARVELOUS GOD on my side and the most magnificent MOTHER and family. 

nothing to lose but everything to gain

this week has been a slow one, yet again. ive been lacking motivation on my own self. i was in a good routine of working out 3 times a week and the past 2 weeks have been maybe 2x if im lucky. I've been eating like crap this past 2 weeks and spending money like i have a lot .... which i dont.

my apartment isn't in the cleanest shape. i think i just need God to show me something. it sounds bad but my spirits have been down this past week when the chaos has slowed down. When im home by myself I only want to sleep. it sucks.

I need this next week to be a good one. I hate these ruts.
I want to go back to my routine. I need to find that motivation that I lose so easily.

more like falling in love

ive been anxiously awaiting the day where i regain my intense, passionate, and overflowing love for Jesus. I used to be on fire for Christ ... not in a bible thumping-knock on your door kind of way but just so grateful that God sent his son to die for my sins. This one song, by Jason Gray, describes my constant urge to regain the passion and I hope, that with the circumstances at hand in my life right now, this prayer will be answered. 

Here's the song- More Like Falling In Love 

Give me rules
I will break them
Give me lines
I will cross them
I need more than a truth to believe
I need a truth that lives, moves, and breathes
To sweep me off my feet
It ought to be

More like falling in love
Than something to believe in
More like losing my heart
Than giving my allegiance
Caught up, called out
Come take a look at me now
It's like I'm falling, oh
It's like I'm falling in love

Give me words
I'll misuse them
Obligations
I'll misplace them
'Cause all religion ever made of me
Was just a sinner with a stone tied to my feet
It never set me free
It's gotta be

CHORUS

...It's like I'm falling in love, love, love
Deeper and deeper
It was love that made
Me a believer
In more than a name, a faith, a creed
Falling in love with Jesus brought the change in me

i don't want to go through the motions

this new path of life has not been an easy one thusfar. i have been struggling a lot mentally with what i feel like i should be doing. the worrying and the failed planning has ultimately led me to a lot of stress lately and uncertainty. but the most beautiful thing about all of this, is that through the pain, confusion, and stressful lifestyle God has been shining through and I can finally lift the veil over my eyes long enough to grab his hand while he leads me through the path he planned out for me long before i was born. 


i am normally a crazy planner.... makes sense since it was my undergrad major. all of the failed planning lately has made me realize that God is trying to humble me and teach me to not worry and freak out about tomorrow because he has it under control. 


once i figured this all out and finally was able to see this concept I have truly been able to breathe better. last week was a struggle and now the situations at hand are in no way in my control ... even if i tried. 


im a firm believer in the saying "everything happens for a reason" and this whole dilemma that i am going through will truly work itself out and my future will be planned out in front of me the way God sees fit. 


On another note, I have been thinking a lot lately of how I am barely contributing to society. I haven't indulged myself in any community service or any extra curricular activities for that matter. I have only been focusing on myself, my finances, and my future and all that has brought me are tons of headaches. I'll quote Matthew West and say, "I don't want to go through the motions, I don't want to spend one more day, without your all consuming passion inside of me!" 


I want to feel that burning passion to help people and assist in making the world a better place on person at a time. As a church body, we are feeding the homeless in 2 weeks which I am veryyy excited about. But I need to do more. So I am looking into some community service things I can get my hands on. 


Other than that, work is going well. Mike and Ashley got married yesterday and it was unbelievable. My mom was up visiting last weekend and it was incredible and so warming to have her here. In a month I am going to Western Kentucky for a tournament that I am helping run with Mike. And in December I am going to Colorado for a week to visit Rachel!!! 


Life is making a turn around and I am ... for the first time in my life ... taking it one day at a time. 


Just like Matthew said in 6:34 - "Therefore do not worry about tomorrow. Each day has enough trouble of it's own." 


<3 

chains be broken

I have had these terrible chains weighing me down the past couple of weeks. It's the chains of approval. I normally don't possess this chains, but something about being in my new position and being back in tally has caused this. 


These chains have been holding me back from being the real me. I can't keep looking from the approval and trust from others. It's like the saying, "when you're looking for it it's never going to come". Well that's how I feel. I have been too worried about the whole transition at work from supervisor to graduate assistant and paranoid that everyone is going to hate me or not respect me. But I feel like thinking about it too much causes this paranoia way more. 


If I just be me then maybe things will pan out the way it should. And if it doesn't, oh well. I am going to be best foot forward and put my whole heart into this position. But this heart is guarded from petty gossip, opinions, and the such. 


I am not here to try and please everybody. 


My main priorities right now are the following: 
1. To excel at the task that has God has placed in front of me and do it to glorify him. 
2. To prove to myself that I deserved and was offered this position for a reason. 
3. To gain as much as experience as possible about every aspect of this position and the job it has to offer. 
4. GET MY EDUCATION :) 


If I don't break these chains they are going to keep wearing me out and questioning who I am, why I am, and if I am good enough for the task at hand. That's not how someone should live their life. 


I know I am capable of great things because God has a path that is leading to treasure in heaven. 


I'm excited for this new mindset. I hope that God continues to place it on my heart. 


Goodnight. God Bless. 

Fallen Off The Map

So I have not written since August 15th ... which was pretty much one of the first days I moved back to Tallahassee. 


It's been a bumpy ride so far actually. The transition into being a Graduate Assistant has been an interesting one. I am learning a lot about myself and how to handle others in a completely different way than I was used to before. 


I do though, LOVE living by myself. It is so refreshing, happy, and just overall peaceful. Of course I have been planning on instituting my new habitual lifestyle and it just hasn't happened yet. My procrastination is killing me physically and emotionally. 


Today in church my pastor said this: Stop making excuses, just begin. 
This statement is so easy to comprehend but yet I keep making excuses ... constantly. I always say, I'll study for the GRE when I don't have training at night. I'll read my bible in the morning when I get better sleep. I'll finish this book when I am less busy. I'll cook at home when I am not tired. Everything has been a fucking excuse and I am tired of it. 


I read this amazing blog : http://freestylemind.com/ 
I get there posts sent to my email and they are so helpful. I read them constantly, gather up my inspiration, and then somehow it dies along the way. 


I've realized that I have to write/type things out to study and remember.... so why don't I write down my goals so I can remember ... duh! 


So I wrote in the days and times I'm going to work out. I made food for the week. I actually cleaned my whole apartment and it smells like pumpkin (which I love). And I am prepared for the week ahead of me. 


Sundays are going to my cool off , reflective, prepare day from now on. I wake up refreshed with a beautiful church family and service, come home watch football all day, clean, bake, and mentally prepare myself for the week ahead that I will tackle full force. 


I have complete confidence in this week that God is going to lead me in the right direction. 


And I better write more. 

Scary.RIP Jenny.

This morning I woke up and saw some of my high school friends had updated their status to a RIP. In the past couple of years we have lost a couple of people who have graduated to car accidents and suicides. But this death was none of those... this death was a murder. 


Jennifer Roqueta graduated the year after me (2007) and was just a great ball of personality. We were not the best of friends but she was best friends with my closest friends. She was a cheerleader but not your average one. She was chill, a sweetheart, and just wanted to always have a good time. One of her best friends is my best friend Jehan so this tragedy just breaks my heart. Jehan is in complete shock back home and I can't be there to console here since I live 7 hours away. 


My thoughts and all of my prayers go out to Jenny's family and beloved friends. You will be greatly missed Jenny. 

First one on the left is Jenny. I am in the black shirt. (November 2006) 

I LOVEEE...

so many things right now. I want to keep up with the blog and write at least 4x a week so this post is just random things I am currently in love with :


[one] MY JOB: I am obsessed with my job. I always have been for 4 years. And now that I have been given the opportunity to be professional staff is just the biggest honor and the most amazing experience. It's only been 2 days so far being the Graduate Assistant but I love having meetings all day, knowing the inner workings of Intramurals, and just having all the responsibilities I get. I KNOW it's going to be so much work come Fall/Spring but I am ready to tackle it head on. 


[two] DANCE: I used to dance for 12 years when I was younger. I was in a Dance Company that traveled and performed a ton. I took about 6 dance classes a year. I remember one year I was in 11 dances in the recital. Well, I quit dancing for no good reason now that I look back at it but I am still in love with it. Mainly, I get my dance fix by watching So You Think You Can Dance. Yesterday I went to see Step Up 3-D and the dancing was unbelievable. I really wish I could find a adult dance studio. 


[three] INDIE MUSIC: I love slow music. Recently I have been in love with Anouk, Christina Perri, Andrew Belle, Jamie Cullum, and Priscilla Ahn. Overall my favorite artists in this category is Norah Jones and Coldplay. But I love finding hidden talents. 


[four] CNN: I love watching the news. Mostly Anderson Cooper 360. But I love knowing as much as I can absorb. I want to be a sponge with knowledge. It's definitely a difficult and long process but I have been trying since the beginning of the summer to be more worldly. All I want is to take advantage of the resources I have on Earth and make a change in the world in my own way. 


[five] FOOTBALL: Football is my ultimate love. The New York Jets are my whole entire world when it comes to sports. Of course, my alma mater, the Florida State Seminoles, are my college team as well. But the Jets are my main and only. Tonight starts their training camp reality show: HBO Hardknocks. I CANNOT wait until the season starts. :)




That's my random loves. I shall leave you with this: 


Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle. 
Smile to a Random Person.
Enjoy a delicious cup of coffee.
Be Yourself. 

It's official!

So I have officially moved into my brand new apartment and I could not be happier! My family came up this weekend with me to furnish and decorate the apartment. I am unbelievably blessed by how much they helped and got me started on my own. 


It was DEFINITELY a depressing goodbye since I had been home for 3 months with them. My sister was devastated. She's starting High School in 2 weeks and would like nothing more than for me to be in the same city as her to be right by her side. And then my brother moves to Florida Gulf Coast in Fort Myers next week to start his freshman year of college. BIG  year for my parents. But at least Nick is only 1.5 hours away instead of me being 7. 


Today I started my job. It's not really a "new" job per-say. I just got crazyyyy promoted and my old one and now have so MUCH responsibility. I cannot wait :) 


But other than that:  


[one] I started my work out regiment today. One of my closest friends gave me this workout plan that I KNOW I can complete. 


[two] Finally began Eat, Pray, Love ... can I finish it by next week? This is my GOAL. 


[three] 3 day work retreat is next week so I am super stoked about preparing for it as well as going. 


[four] i got BUSINESS cards today at my job :) 


[five] i bought these organic waffles and I am SO excited to have them tomorrow morning. 


I love this living alone thing. It's unbelievably perfect !!

Tasteful Tuesday

My last Tuesday in South Florida has been a successful one:


[one] American Idol Live Concert tonight was pretty good. I am actually not an Idol fan at all, but since my brother gets free tickets for like every SoFla event through Make A Wish we got awesome seats. My mom, my sister, and I went and had a girls night. Figures, the person who receives the tickets had no interest in going. Ha. 


[two] My mom ordered me some stuff last night through Walmart for my apartment. My whole apartment is going to have a black, red, white, and gray theme. I am so excited to get the new key to my apartment on Saturday morning and venture into the life of living completely by myself, no roommates :) 


[three] Tomorrow I am going to the movies with the kiddies for camp. We are going to see Despicable Me and I am overjoyed because no one in my family wanted to see it, so now I finally have a reason to go! 


[four] It's "Shake Your Groove Thing" at work this week to lead up to our Last Day of Summer Camp-DJ Dance Party Friday. The 6-7's are the 90's decade so Kristy and I have been rocking out to some throwback NSYNC, BSB, Britney Spears, etc and it has been oh so grand. 


[five] Lastly, one guy from American Idol tonight played "Better Days" by Goo Goo Dolls and I was quickly reminded how IN LOVE I am with that song and the band all together. He then played Coldplay, which is one of my ultimate weaknesses. 


On that note ... goodnight :)
T-Minus 3 Days until I am back in the 850! 

Something People Don't Know About Me.. Just Yet.

This summer has brought upon me a complete revival and 180 degree turn in my life for the better. It has had to be one of the most successful summers for myself personally. I had a lot of ME time and have enjoyed every last second. 


I have started becoming the person I only dreamed about. Slowly my lifestyle has been changing into one I am completely proud of. 


1) I have become closer with God. This is something I lost out on about 2 years ago. I pulled away from my relationship with Christ and realized that I can only do things through him not on my own. 


2) I have become a huge news/environmentalist. I want to learn everything and just become a sponge of the world. I have always dreamt of striking up conversations with complete strangers about topics going on throughout the world. CNN is my second channel for good now. 


3) I have become pretty Indie personally. I mostly listen to just Indie/Folk/Chill music on a constant basis and I read hundreds of articles on peace, tranquility, and happiness. 


4) I have finally become the eater I have always wanted to be ... I eat about 80% organic or whole wheat products on a daily basis. 


5) I am at peace. happy. and just overall so pleased with the life God has granted me. 

Something to talk about ...

Definitely something to ponder, question, discuss, and form an opinion about. Enjoy! 

Brand New Start...

In 12 days I will be beginning my new chapter I am constantly thinking about. So naturally, I have started looking at organizing, personal development, and DIY websites to start my brain in the right direction for this new adventure. 


I know how the living away from your comfort zone feels like but it's not just moving in with roommates anymore and continuing the same lifestyle ... this is a complete lifestyle change that I am LOOKING forward too. 


I found some neat tips called 7 ways to stay grounded, ENJOY! : 

How do I get back to my center? How do I ground myself? Staying grounded requires daily attention and effort. Here are some of the ways you can stay grounded:

1. Make your bed every day. Creating order and peacefulness in the bedroom settles the energies in that space and those good energies affect the rest of the house and you.
2. Clean up your kitchen every day. Having a clean and orderly kitchen calms the part of the house most associated with nurturance and comfort, also calming you.
3. Have morning and evening routines that are made up of activities of self-care, like bathing, exercising, tending to pets, straightening up. Tending yourself is a powerful way to ground and center yourself.
4. Sort your mail daily to make yourself aware of tasks that need to be done and bills that need to be paid. Knowing your reality is more calming than the anxiety produced by not knowing.
5. Keep paper in no more than two main locations, for example, the kitchen and the home office. Avoid allowing paper to spread throughout the house. When it spreads, its negative energy pollutes whatever area it is in. Paper is usually associated with some kind of task that needs to be done, like deciding whether you need the paper or not, or deciding where the paper should go next. When you see it all over the place it’s easy to feel overwhelmed by the message it is sending, “You need to do something!” When you are feeling overwhelmed your are not centered.
6. Maintain order by putting things away all the time. Avoid the temptation to just drop things. It takes much more energy to pick them up than it does to drop them. When items are just dropped they have a negative, chaotic energy that is anything but grounding. And, dropped things attract more dropped things!
7. Do at least one 5 minute cleanup per day. Either start or end your day with a quick cleanup. Put things away, move things to the part of the house where they belong, straighten your papers, throw out trash. Take that time to restore order to your space. One of the first things I do when I’m thrown off center by some bad news or a difficult situation is to establish order in my home. Some would call my behavior compulsive. I call it grounding!

a little motivation could help?

The past couple of days have been distracting. I feel like I have wanted to accomplish a lot but I get sidetracked easily and have yet to follow through. At my job, summer camp counselor, I have lost my spark. I used to be so excited for new games, all of my kids, all the trips, and now I am BURNT out. I get annoyed easily, tired faster, and my patience is starting to grow thin! 


I am moving back to Tally in less than 3 weeks and I haven't even thought about packing, getting prepared for my new apartment, or even writing down what I need to accomplish before then. 


I bought Eat, Pray, Love on Saturday! Have not started it yet, ugh. 


I have been eating healthy ALL summer until last week where I lost my momentum. 


I think I just need a quiet 2 hr time at starbucks or something. Time to unwind, make a to-do list, and read without the constant talking of either my campers or my family. 


I thriveeee off alone time and it's much needed. I need some motivation and I think that motivation will be sparked by some alone time. 


God Bless. 

Fake or Real?

Whether or not The Hills was scripted or an actual reality show it still had a very important message. The whole purpose of the series finale is to show that all the cast members are moving on, building a new life for themselves, taking a risk, and beginning a new chapter on their life journey. This message is exactly what I came home for the summer for. 


I could have stayed in Tallahassee but I needed time to clear my head, understand and absorb the past 4 years of undergrad, and really grab ahold of what is in store for me. 


The Hills Finale was bittersweet. I have tried keeping up with the show over the year and the ending to any show is always a bit depressing. 


But on a different note, today was my 22nd birthday and today marks "goodbye with the old and in with the new" It is truly time to start this new chapter. Tomorrow is my brand new day. I am not waiting to make a phony new year's resolution.... this is it. Wish me luck. 

Things you wish you would have known

• Most of it doesn’t matter. So much of what I got excited about, anxious about, or wasted my time and energy on, turned out not to matter. There are only a few things that truly count for a happy life. I wish I had known to concentrate on those and ignore the rest.
• The greatest source of misery and hatred in this world is clinging to past hurts. Look at all the terrorists and militant groups that hark back to some event long gone, or base their justification for killing on claims of some supposed historical right to a bit of land, or redress for a wrong done hundreds of years ago.
• Waiting to do something until you can be sure of doing it exactly right means waiting for ever. One of the greatest advantages anyone can have is the willingness to make a fool of themselves publicly and often. There’s no better way to learn and develop. Heck, it’s fun too.
• Following the latest fashion, in work or in life, is spiritual and intellectual suicide. You can be a cheap imitation of the ideal of the moment; or you can be a unique individual. The choice is yours. Religion isn’t the opiate of the masses, fashion is.
• If people complain that you’re too fond of going your own way and aren’t fitting in, you must be on the right track. Who wants to live life as a herd animal? The guys in power don’t want you to fit in for your own sake; they want you to stop causing them problems and follow their orders. You can’t have the freedom to be yourself and meekly fit in at the same time.
• If you make your work your life, you’re making your life into hard work. Like most people, I confused myself by looking at people like artists and musicians whose life’s “work” fills their time. That isn’t work. It’s who they are. Unless you have some overwhelming passion that also happens to allow you to earn a living doing it, always remember that work should be a means to an end: living an enjoyable life. Spend as little time on the means as possible consistent with achieving the end. Only idiots live to work.
• The quickest and simplest way to wreck any relationship is to listen to gossip. The worst way to spend your time is spreading more. People who spread gossip are the plague-carriers of our day. Cockroaches are clean, kindly creatures in comparison.
• Trying to please other people is largely a futile activity. Everyone will be mad at you sometime. Most of the people you deal with will dislike, disparage, belittle, or ignore what you say or do most of the time. Besides, you can never really know what others do want, so a good deal of whatever you do in that regard will go to waste. Be comforted. Those who love you will probably love you regardless, and they are the ones whose opinions are worth caring about. The rest aren’t worth five minutes of thought between them.
• Every winner is destined to be a loser in due course. It’s great to be up on the winner’s podium. Just don’t imagine you can stay there for ever. Worst of all is being determined to do so, by any means available.
• You can rarely, if ever, please, placate, change, or mollify an asshole. The best thing you can do is stay away from every one you encounter. Being an asshole is a contagious disease. The more time you spend around one, the more likely you are to catch it and become one too.
• Everything takes twice as long as you plan for and produces results about half as good as you hoped. There’s no reason to be downhearted about this. Just allow for it and move on.
• People are oddly consistent. Liars usually tell lies. Cheaters cheat whenever it suits them. A person who confides in you has usually confided in several others first—but not got the response they wanted. A loyal friend will stay loyal under enormous amounts of thoughtless abuse.
• However hard you try, you can’t avoid being yourself. Who else could you be? You can act and pretend, but the person acting and pretending is still you. And if you won’t accept yourself—and do the best you can with what you have—who then has any obligation to accept you?
• When it comes to blatant lies, there are none more egregious than budget figures. Time spent agonizing over them is time wasted. Even if (miracle of miracles!) yours are honest and accurate, no one else will have been so foolish.
• The loudest noise in the world is the sound of people whining. Don’t add to it.

Ignorant or naive?

A couple of years ago, if you had asked me any question relating to the environment I would have no opinion, no knowledge, and i would probably say I didn't care. My main focus was being in undergrad at the largest party school in Florida and making as many friends as I could. But now, as time has gone by, I have learned to appreciate the world so much and I thrive to grasp as much knowledge as I can about EVERYTHING going on in the world. 


Well, the reason I am explaining this is because I went on one of my favoriteee websites, blisstree.com, and saw a post about Ted Danson talking about the ocean in a series called the Ecoist on Sundance. Well I was like, "Ahh I need to watch all of this", but the series was in 2007 where I had no care in the world about what was going on. So naturally, I went and searched hulu and found small excerpts of celebrities explaining how important being green is and the importance of our world. I started watching all of them and getting completely enthralled about everything and figuring out how I personally can reduce my own carbon footprint more than I attempt to now. 


So below are going to be 2 links.... 
1) The hulu link of all the little excerpts so you can be inspired as well: http://www.hulu.com/ecoists
2) In light of the gulf spill, www.protectourgulf.com, is a website selling "Livestrong" type bracelets that go to the relief fund. I bought the black one yesterday and I am so excited to receive it in the mail. 


So, if you're not an avid worldly person ... start! Little by little you'll become so knowledgeable and cultured, and that's a blessing for sure. Anderson Cooper 360 on CNN is where I started... try it out :) 


Enjoy! 

Something I found that I LOVE

Found on Glich's Life... Read throughly and take it all in! 

Take a 10-30 minute walk every day. And while you walk, smile. It is the ultimate anti-depressant.

Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day.

Buy a DVR and tape your late night shows and get more sleep.

When you wake up in the morning complete the following statement, ‘My purpose is to __________ today.’

Live with the 3 E’s — Energy, Enthusiasm, and Empathy.

Play more games and read more books than you did in 2007.

Make time to practice meditation, and prayer. They provide us with daily fuel for our busy lives.

Spend time with people over the age of 70 and under the age of 6.

Dream more while you are awake.

Eat more foods that grow on trees and plants and eat less food that is manufactured in plants.

Drink green tea and plenty of water. Eat blueberries, wild Alaskan salmon, broccoli, almonds & walnuts.

Try to make at least three people smile each day.

Clear clutter from your house, your car, your desk and let new and flowing energy into your life.

Don’t waste your precious energy on gossip, OR issues of the past, negative thoughts or things you cannot control. Instead invest your energy in the positive present moment.

Realize that life is a school and you are here to learn. Problems are simply part of the curriculum that appear and fade away like algebra class but the lessons you learn will last a lifetime.

Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a college kid with a maxed out charge card.

Smile and laugh more. It will keep the nagative blues away.

Life isn’t fair, but it’s still good.

Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.

Don’t take yourself so seriously. No one else does.Next 20 after the jump.

You don’t have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.

Make peace with your past so it won’t spoil the present.

Don’t compare your life to others’. You have no idea what their journey is all about.

No one is in charge of your happiness except you.

Frame every so-called disaster with these words: ‘In five years, will this matter?’

Forgive everyone for everything.

What other people think of you is none of your business.

Remember God heals everything.

However good or bad a situation is, it will change.

Your job won’t take care of you when you are sick. Your friends will. Stay in touch.

Get rid of anything that isn’t useful, beautiful or joyful.

Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.

The best is yet to come.

No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.

Do the right thing!

Call your family often.

Each night before you go to bed complete the following statements: I am thankful for _______. Today I accomplished ____.

Remember that you are too blessed to be stressed.

Enjoy the ride. Remember this is not Disney World and you certainly don’t want a fast pass. You only have one ride through life so make the most of it and enjoy the ride.

Laugh when you can, apologize when you should, and let go of what you can’t change.

Read more: http://www.glennong.com/2009/04/40-tips-for-better-life.html#ixzz0tJbN6bMq